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Illinois Valley News, Thursday, May 22, 1941 CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT ARED WHITE M U. R.u... built-up shoulders. this design are panties. INSTALLMENT NINETEEN THE STORY so FAR: More than too.ooo for el co troop* secr.Uy assembled In Mexico by Van Hassek suddenly In vaded the United States. VasUy superior In numbers and equipment to tlw Amer ican forces which opposed them, Van Hassek's troops pushed relentlessly for- ward. The U. S. army was not pre- * * pared for this sudden attack, and could only retreat In the face of overwlaelmlns force. Expeditionary force* set sail from both the Mediterranean and the Far East. The EJ. 8. Pacific Beet began the long trip around Cape Horn to protect the Atlantic seaboard when the Panama Canal was destroyed by dynamite-laden Benning took off to the east in late afternoon. He decided on Boise as the point of vantage from which to observe final developments in the occupation of the Pacific coast. There he would find no diffi culty In making his daily wire re ports to Flagwill. Enemy divisions had landed at the mouth of the Columbia River on the Oregon coast, taken the antiquated coast forts from the rear with a few platoons of Infantry, and were proceeding up the river toward Port land. A submarine base was report ed established at Tongue Point at the mouth of the Columbia. Other invader divisions had land ed on the undefended coast north of San Francisco and were march ing into the Sacramento Valley. Van Hassek's Guaymas motorized col umns had taken Los Angeles and were well north toward San Fran cisco to effect a junction with their Oriental allies. By tomorrow all coast naval bases would be in the hands of the enemy. Each night for a week past, Ben ning had gone to sleep with a joy ous, rhythmic throbbing In his brain, the echo of what to him was a glo rious music. It was the music of marching feet and of rolling trains and caissons, music that conjured up visions of a great day yet to come. What time he could find to himself away from his duties at GHQ of late afternoons, he spent on the roads at the edge of Salt Lake listen ing to that same refrain as it beat from the heavy field shoes of march ing infantry on their way to the westward trains. A beautiful sight were those bronzed, strong bodies of men who marched with slanted muskets or sat upright In trucks behind their rolling caissons. They showed their long hard months of training, these rugged youngsters; and their faces were gravely radiant with a sol dier’s high morale as they faced the west at last on the great adventure. Texas and the Pacific states had suffered unspeakable cruelties and hardships under the heavy heels of the invader, What wealth they had was stripped to the bone, what en- ergies they had were harnessed against their own country to aid their armed oppressors. There had been those months of a reign of terror when cities within range of the Atlantic were shelled. Bombers rained the country's great cities with death, carrying their as saults in the dark of the night far in land to such cities as Chicago and St. Louis, Cleveland, Detroit, Cin- cinnati, Indianapolis Then had come the Van Hassek President Tannard him- demand, self had insisted that Van Hassek be allowed to present to the whole country his terms of peace Over all the i networks. Van Hassek had spoken I for the Coalition Powers Peace could he had at the price of Alaska. Hawaii, the right of un restricted immigration, renunciation of the Monroe Doctrine, internation alization of the Panama Canal. Tannard's voice came ringing back now in Benning's memory. An answer to go down In history "The United States asks no terms. We mean to destroy the armies that have invaded our shores and then we will hold to an accounting those predatory powers that are responsi ble for international brigandage That Is our last word to our ene mies. until you come before us on your knees in the humility of utter defeat!" There had been glorious days as welL as the months drifted by. There had been that day of two months ago when the Third Army, reorganized, reinforced, and invinci ble. crashed down across Texas to drive the invader south of the Rio Grand/ Bchifid the passes of the Rockies there Was formed this great army whose fighting reserves now marched Into the west. Long, pa tient months this had taken, months that had tried the courage and re sources of the country. Benning turned from his reflet- tions to the realities of headquar- ters. Dusk was falling, the skies were filling with planes, planes that pointed their noses to the west. The vast caravin of men and guns moved on In its endless rhythm as It emptied the huge training camps of the Salt Lake Valley of their half million men. At headquarters he checked his personal effects, musette bag. belt and pistol, map-case, field-glasses, raincoat, steel helmet. The busier from Flagwill's desk rang at eight o'clock Flagwill was now a two- star general with the assignment of chief of staff of the western group of field armies "Smells to me like a crush note." Flagwil) said, sniffing at a email lin en envelope and handing It to Ben ning "But since it came from Parle ****** in the diplomatic pouch and was shot here from Washington by air courier, it may have some impor- tance.” Benning (lit the envelope open with a paper-knife. A message on a single slip of paper, which bore no signature, read: "Mon Capitaine, I presume you may know already that M. Bravot is in your country under masquer ade in the hope of redeeming him- self In Van Hassek's favor." Benning passed the note to Gen eral Flagwill and said, with a thoughtful smile: ‘‘That note from our little French girl startles me, sir. Rather a coincidence to re ceive this just when Bravot has been on my mind today. I’ve had a hunch the fellow might be around somewhere." Flagwill stood up and took from the pocket of his coat a pair of sil ver oak leaves. He handed them to Benning and said: "Here’s your new insignia of rank, Colonel, with my affectionate best wishes." Shortly before nine o'clock. Ben- ning wound his way in Flagwill't sedan through the endless troop con voys to the landing-field. In his dis patch case were the secret orders that would put Holling's Fourth Army into the attack. Four planes were lined up at the field to carry as many field-officer couriers with orders that would put the group of four field armies into action. Benning's pilot, stiff and erect at attention beside his fuselage, salut ed punctiliously. In his present pre occupation It was only Benning's long habit of sharp observation that picked up the minor Inconsistency of a pilot with goggles fixed over his eyes before he climbed to the cockpit. As Benning searched the pilot, he saw the officer’s body stiffen. Ben ning's hand drove to his holstered service pistol as he picked out in the moonlight his fellow's profile. The masquerader flashed into action at the same instant. With swift, even deliberation Benning leveled his weapon and pressed the trigger. Bravot sank to the ground. Pilots and ground crew rushed up. Benning leaned over the fallen man and stripped off the goggles. Floodlights were switched on, a hur ried search made for Captain Trench, pilot of the plane. Trench's body was found in the shadow of a near-by hangar, a knife thrust through his heart. Benning hastily searched Bravot's uniform. In a canvas dispatch case he found cleverly counterfeited or ders for a prompt withdrawal of three divisions from an important salient in enemy lines east of Sac ramento. In the small hours of the morning. Benning's plane put him down at Carson City. A military automo bile took him north around Lake Ta hoe. thence west into the slopes of the Sierras. Columns plodded on. silent shad- ows In the night, an endless cara- van of men moving to the front. Daybreak was close at hand when he reached the Fourth Army's ad- vance command post. The army commander took the dispatch from Benning, broke the seal, and read with a visible tighten ing of jaws. * CHAPTER XX—Continued CHAPTER XXI o ships. Aided by a heavy tog, troops from the Orient established bridgeheads on the Pacific Coast. Intelligence Offi cer Benning was assigned the grim task of reporting developments to hit su perior, Colonel rias will, who was sta tinned in Washington, Now continue with the story. # « "Very good," he said. "This Is just what I’ve been waiting for—my army is itching to jump off.” From the distance heavy artillery grumbled at the dawn, its vibra tions tossed from mountain to moun tain in a dull, ominous monotone of sound. In front of them the invader held the superiority of strength in the present moment But Van Hassek's air force no longer commanded the skies and his espionage system east of the Cascades and Rockies had been snuffed out by firing squads. Benning worked feverishly to ac quaint himself with the intimate de tails of enemy strength, morale, and dispositions. In five days a million men would be ready to attack. Be hind that mighty cavalcade of trained fighting men, another half million were in the final stages of seasoning for battle, and could be pushed forward when the need for them arrived. The Fourth Army was shaping it self to attack to the south and west Whatever the cost it was to push its way past Sacramento and cut the Van Hassek forces in twain. Simul taneously the First Second, and Fifth Armies would press forward with a vigor that would prevent Van Hassek from centering his reserves against the Fourth, Upon the ad- vantages of the flrst few weeks of action would depend the final massed attacks that were aimed to sweep the invader Into the 'T'HIS slip is designed especially Pacific. It’s made Dawn of the day of attack came j * for large women. with a roar of artillery that shook with underarm and waistline darts the skies down a three-hundred-mile to ensure comfortable bust fit and front Old-timers vowed that not a slim silhouette. You’ll like it even the Argonne witnessed such infinitely better than slips not Pattern volcanic wrath of artillery. Light, made to your measure. medium, and heavy artillery pound provides for strap style as well as ed the Van Hassek trenches for an hour and in its wake came the In fantry waves pushing relentlessly ahead in the first red welter of the tortuous miles to the sea. BY YOUR LAXATIVE-RELIEVE On a day, after crimson weeks, CONSTIPATION THIS MODERN WAY that Benning flew in reconnaissance • When you feel gassy, headachy, logy over Sacramento, the first Ameri due to clogged-up bowels, do as millions can waves were at last on the edge do —take Fren-A-Mint at bedtime. Next morning — thorough, comfortable relief, of the city. A heavy pall of smoke helping you start the day full of your told that the invader had abandoned normal energy and pep, feeling like a the city in flames, indication that he million! Feen-A-Mint doesn’t disturb your night's rest or interfere with work the meant to hold farther to the west next day. Tty Feen-A-Mint, the chewing rather than trust here to counter gum laxative, yourself. It tastes good, it's attacks. That told Benning, too, handy and economical... a family supply that the Van Hassek lines to the north and south would be drawn back. 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